A snake has been spotted hiding underneath a car, sparking online debate over its breed.

A social media post showed what many were confident was a type of python by a vehicle in Kytes Drive, Garston, on Tuesday evening.

Several people claimed it was definitely a pet and encouraged the poster to report it to animal charities and lost pet groups.

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Watford Observer: The snake hiding underneath a car. Picture: Terry Hay.The snake hiding underneath a car. Picture: Terry Hay. (Image: Terry Hay)

One wrote: “It is just a normal ball python that’s got out of their enclosure and made an escape.

“They’re not aggressive – more likely to curl up and hide. It’s so cold and wet out it will be drained of energy.”

Another also said it was a ball python, adding it was not poisonous and “probably the most docile of snakes, which makes it popular as a pet”.

Watford Observer: It was pictured under a car in Garston. Picture: Terry Hay.It was pictured under a car in Garston. Picture: Terry Hay. (Image: Terry Hay)

The poster said it escaped into the grass, and after calling the RSPCA he was told “they said because it was on the road they would not come out”.

C&T Exotics in Bovingdon has been alerted along with a local lost and found pets group.

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